August 2007 in science

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Events in science and technology

August 24 2007

• Two research groups demonstrate out-of-body experiences in human volunteers using conflicting visual-somatosensory input. (BBC)

August 23 2007

• Chororapithecus abyssinicus, a 10 million year old fossil found in Ethiopia, may prove that the last common ancestor of gorillas and humans existed 2 million years earlier than previously thought.(Nature)

August 20 2007

• The genetic sequence of the Pinot noir grape is uncoded by French researchers.(news@nature.com)

August 8 2007

• Endeavour lifts off from Kennedy Space Center for the STS-118 assembly mission of the International Space Station. (CNN)

August 7 2007

• The Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey announces the discovery of a new exoplanet, designated TrES-4, using the transit technique. Calculations indicate that it is larger than any other previously detected planet. (BBCNews)

August 6 2007

• International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors examine the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. (AFP via ABC News Australia)

August 4 2007

• NASA launches the Phoenix Mars Lander which is due to land in Planum Boreum on the Martian northern ice cap next year. (AP via Washington Post)